

Acting
François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s. His two daughters, Barbara & Dominique, are artists with their studios in Eze. Blanche was born in an artistic family, mainly of stage actors—including his father Louis Blanche and his uncle, Emmanuel Blanche, who was a painter—. He completed his secondary schooling at fourteen, the youngest in France to do so at the time. In the 1940s and 1950s, Blanche was part of Robert...
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A Whale That Had a Toothache
as Francis

No Pockets in a Shroud
as Nathaël Grissom

Say it with Flowers
as Gérard Rollain

France, Incorporated
as Pierre, the perverted financier

OK Patron
as Victor Hutin, Sophie's father

By the Blood of Others
as Doctor

La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
as Gaston Payrac

The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
as Wanderer

Le Solitaire
as Norbert

Racconti romani di una ex-novizia
as Pietro l'Aretino

I. You. They.
as Darbon, le galeriste

I've Had It
as Mr. de Chatiez

The Terror with Cross-Eyes
as Commissioner Pigna

The Eroticist
as padre Scirer

Scandal Man
as Paluche

La Grande Maffia
as Modeste Miette

Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?...
as Sigfrid

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
as Hector Grogenol

Les Jambes en l'air
as Hugon

Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot?
as Maurice Gombaud

The Great Java
as Auguste Kougloff / Augustin Colombani

Alice au pays des merveilles
as King of hearts

Ces messieurs de la gâchette
as Marco Lombardi

Adieu Berthe
as Léo Bertold

The Stud
as Tax collector Dupuis

Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus
as Alphonse Ramier / Al Gregor

Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
as Loïc de Kerfuntel

Aux frais de la princesse
as Achille

Erotissimo
as Le polyvalent

Le bourgeois gentil mec
as Spinosa

Les gros malins
as Francis Bertolde aka 'Le book'

Faites donc plaisir aux amis
as Maximiliano

The Big Wash
as Doctor Loupioc

Salut Berthe !
as Passerby with the pipe (uncredited)

The Men in the Family
as Strumberger

Rita the Field Marshal
as Captain Hans Vogel

Loose in the Trigger
as La Prudence

The Great Gadget
as Copec

Belle de Jour
as Mr. Adolphe

Le canard en fer blanc
as Le docteur Grego

The Oldest Profession
as The Doctor (segment "Aujourd'hui")

Deux Romains en Gaule
as Le druide inventeur de la potion d'invisibilité

Order of the Daisy
as L'inspecteur Maurice Leloup

The Big Grasshopper
as Gédéon

Les enquiquineurs
as Monsieur Achille Eloy

Les malabars sont au parfum
as Ivanov

The Sleeping Sentinel
as Constant

Under Your Hat
as Mario l'enchanteur

Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
as Dufour

The Real Bargain
as Paul Souflé

Les baratineurs
as Louis Dujardin

Les Gorilles
as Félix

The Great Spy Chase
as Boris Vassiliev

Chance at Love
as Adjutant (segment "Chance du guerrier, La")

The Big Scare

Les Pieds nickelés
as Commissaire Lenoir

Male Hunt
as Nino Papatakis

Champagne for Savages
as Francis

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
as Mr. Humlaupt (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")

Clémentine chérie
as Nuisance at the Miss ceremony (uncredited)

Requiem pour un caïd
as Émile aka 'le Boxeur'

Jaloux comme un tigre
as Chauffeur

Dandelions by the Roots
as Absalon
Actualités télérévisées
as Presenter

The Black Tulip
as Plantin

L'échelle
as Breton

Les Gros Bras
as Mr. Pédro Andromèze

Crooks in Clover
as Maître Folace

Sweet and Sour
as Franz

Thank Heaven for Small Favors
as Chief Insp. Cucherat

The Virgins
as Mr. De Brétevielle

People in Luck
as M. Bricheton (segment "Le Repas gastronomique")

The Abominable Man of Customs
as Arnakos

Who Stole the Body?
as Édouard

Tartarin de Tarascon
as Antoine Tartarin

The Hideout
as Edouard

Snobs!
as Morloch

Accroche-toi, y'a du vent!
as Capitano Fornace

The Seventh Juror
as Le procureur général

The Vendetta
as Bartoli

Hitch-Hike
as le douanier belge

Operation Gold Ingot
as Fellous

Romulus and the Sabines
as Mezio

The Girl of a Thousand Months
as Commendator Borgioli
House of Sin
as Blanchin

Les Livreurs
as Félix

Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
as Prior

The Bear
as Chappuis

Little Girls and High Finance
as Bank manager

Le Olimpiadi dei mariti

We Like It Cold
as von Krussendorf

Love and the Frenchwoman
as Me Marcerou, avocat et ami du couple (segment "Le Divorce")

Le pillole di Ercole
as Augusto

Easy Come Easy Go
as Félix

Long Live the Duke!

Some Like It... Cold
as William Foster Valmorin, American

Match contre la mort
as Mr. Pascal

The Green Mare
as Ferdinand Haudouin

Babette Goes to War
as Schulz

Too Late to Love
as Camille, le patron du bistrot

The Indestructible
as Francis Blanchard

The Motorcycle Cops
as His Excellency Curacagua

Toto in Paris
as Il maggiordomo (uncredited)

The Little Professor
as General overseer

A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik
as Chazot

Anyone Can Kill Me
as La Bonbonne

La Polka des menottes
as un voisin

Honoré de Marseille
as Pasquale Marchetti

Life is beautiful
as un voisin

Peek-a-boo
as Garibaldo Trouchet, le ténor / Un musicien

Trust Me!
as Nicolas

Midnight... Quai de Bercy
as M. Boulay, l'épicier libidineux

Good Enough to Eat
as Gilles

Ils ont vingt ans
as Michel Barbarin

The Sad Sack
as Jean du Bois d'Ombelles